Rollover couch organziation

[jdavis]

Can you guys share how you organize the space under your rollover couch?

Thanks!

 

[jdavis]

Follow-up question, have you guys rigged any sort of prop to keep the lid up on the under couch storage?

 

[fish more]

I used some "10 inch Hatch Arms" from West Marine, Easy to install and work great,

 

[jdavis]

I used some "10 inch Hatch Arms" from West Marine, Easy to install and work great,

I'm looking at this: https://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--hatch-arms--P004914834?recordNum=2

But its not obvious to me how it works. Could you share a picture of your install. Thanks!

 

[fish more]

The supports are a spring. when you open the cabinet. the spring goes straight and supports door. then to close you push the spring and close door.

 

[jdavis]

Ah okay, thanks. There's a West Marine in Sturgeon Bay. I'll check those out. Thanks!

 

[Lighthawk]

We can fit our Webber Q100 under the front part of the rollover couch storage and do drinks and such under the front storage hatch.
Thought about lifters, but never installed any.

 

[jdavis]

We can fit our Webber Q100 under the front part of the rollover couch storage and do drinks and such under the front storage hatch.
Thought about lifters, but never installed any.

Do you have anything to secure your webber or does it stay in place? Thanks.

 

[Beach]

I use the same support setup as jdavis but sometimes a good bump to the top while looking for something will allow the top to come down, so I added a lanyard and clip to fully secure when opening more than briefly.

 

[fuzzymarindave]

It is a big space and since I am usually storing various smaller items, I built three wood boxes/carry crates which nestle in there nicely. I can use them in any combination; or not at all if I need to store larger items. On my 2005 Hawk I had the lid supports and they were fine. For this Hawk, the lid supports would prevent the lid from opening enough to allow me to lift out my boxes/crates so I use bungies to hold open the lids if needed (which is rare). ..sorry if pics are rotated

 

[jdavis]

@fuzzymarindave very nice! I like that setup. Think I will do the same.

 

[Lighthawk]

Do you have anything to secure your webber or does it stay in place? Thanks.

It fits perfectly in the front bin of our rollover couch storage.

 

[blitzkrieg3002]

I used some "10 inch Hatch Arms" from West Marine, Easy to install and work great,

how many hatch arms per lid? just one per lid or two?

 

[fish more]

one per lid is all you need, I also use them on the doors of the cabinet above the couch

 

[jdavis]

The supports are a spring. when you open the cabinet. the spring goes straight and supports door. then to close you push the spring and close door.

I finally got around to adding these today. The last time I saw a quality of life improvement this big was when I had my wisdom teeth removed! Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[jdavis]

For anyone wondering how the spring hatch arms work

 

[ski3pin]

Thanks for the illustration!

 

[ckent323]

jdavis and fish more,

Thanks for posting the info, link and pictures for the hatch spring arms. I order four for our camper today.

 

[Beach]

I did the same thing as jdavis, works well.